Adolescent girls and young women are blamed and shamed for falling pregnant, which affects how they are treated, the support they get, and the health services they reive
This results in the former convicts permanent social and economic exclusion to benefit the wealthy and the politically connected in South Africa
A great way to commemorate Mental Health Month is by generating creative ideas and encouraging those around you to do the same
Without the political incentive for fundamental economic change, the fortunes and possibilities for rehabilitation of ex-offenders will not, and cannot, change
Researchers struggle to understand how teenagers experience tuberculosis treatment, and they haven’t done enough to ask, experts at last week’s seventh South African TB conference argued
While people are taking mental health more seriously, the commodification of workers can turn a job into a toxic space that depletes more than it uplifts
A multi-stakeholder approach has been implement to improve teenagers’ access to sexual and reproductive health rights services
Stigma around bipolar and other disorders is just as debilitating
People living with HIV in Sierra Leone who use drugs are facing grim challenges during the pandemic
Don’t be too quick to dismiss reports of visitors to Earth – perhaps they can help us
In Nairobi’s slums, residents spurn Covid-19 tests, fearing both ostracisation and the financial costs of being quarantined
Women with a history of depression are at greater risk, whereas antidepressant medication can negatively affect men’s fertility
Let us please not repeat the devastating Aids story where people died of shame rather than admit being infected by the virus
The trick is to find the balance between people’s right to privacy and the need for contact tracing to limit the spread of the disease
South Africans have an uncaring stigmatising and marginalising culture and it keeps people on the fringes of society with diminished opportunities in life
Sex work is selling a service, not your body, says Mariska Majoor. There’s nothing sinister about it.
The continent’s largest film industry has been getting mental health all wrong with dangerous consequences. Now, that’s changing.
Tackling the problem requires leaders in all spheres to make mental health a global priority
Breaking the silence on sexual violation is powerful but how we do it is another question
Bontle Mabe turned to a loan shark to fund her abortion after she was turned away for five days in a row at her local clinic.
Only one out of three married women and sexually active teenage girls on the continent use contraception.
People in rural Nigeria are afraid of being isolated due to their HIV status and don’t access treatment.
Tuberculosis kills more people than HIV. Show your support for people with TB by joining the WHO’s Unmask Stigma Challenge on World TB Day.
December 1 is #WorldAisDay: HIV was discovered more than 30 years ago. Why do we still stigmatise HIV-infected people?
We feature four HIV positive women in their 40s who fit the profile of a typical M&G reader.
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Sihle Batiya’s luckier than most – but the odds are stacked against kids with Down’s syndrome in the Eastern Cape.
India has dispatched an unlikely hero to promote tuberculosis awareness and battle its stigma.